Curriculum

Our residency offers 16 categorical positions, which includes the clinical base (intern) year and the subsequent 3 years devoted to anesthesiology and its subspecialties. The clinical base year is designed to provide a basis of knowledge and experience in internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, surgical intensive care, and preoperative medicine. The clinical anesthesia years are graded in terms of severity of illness, complexity of surgery, and risk of morbidity/mortality. In the PGY-2 year, basic knowledge and anesthetic skills are learned on lower risk patients undergoing relatively simple procedures. Many of these patients are ambulatory. The PGY-3 year is designed to teach sub-specialty anesthesia. The PGY-4 year is designed to offer flexibility regarding the resident’s career goals. Residents in the PGY-4 year manage anesthesia for the most difficult surgical procedures, often with high risk patients.